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The Secret of Monkey Island™: Special Edition

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4.5/5

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The Secret of Monkey Island™: Special Edition
Description
Back by popular demand, The Secret of Monkey Island™: Special Edition faithfully re-imagines the internationally-acclaimed classic game (originally released in 1990) for original and new audiences alike. The development team at LucasArts is bringing the game into the modern era with an all new re-i...
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( 160 Reviews )

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Product details
2009, Lucasfilm, ESRB Rating: Everyone 10+...
System requirements
Windows 10, Intel Pentium 4 3GHz or AMD Athlon 64 3000+, 2 GB RAM, 3D graphics card compatible with...
Time to beat
6.5 hMain
7 h Main + Sides
7.5 h Completionist
7 h All Styles
Description

Back by popular demand, The Secret of Monkey Island™: Special Edition faithfully re-imagines the internationally-acclaimed classic game (originally released in 1990) for original and new audiences alike. The development team at LucasArts is bringing the game into the modern era with an all new re-imagined contemporary art style, a re-mastered musical score, full voiceover, and an in-depth hint system to help players through the game’s side-splitting puzzles. Purists will also delight in the ability to seamlessly switch between the updated hand-drawn re-imagining and the original classic version. 
 

The game's twisty plot leads our naive hero on a hilarious, swash-buckling search for the fabled secret of Monkey Island. Tales of pirate wealth lure him to the port of Mêlée with high hopes, no money, and insatiable curiosity. If clever enough, he will win the confidence of Mêlée's pirates and find himself blown by the winds of fate toward the terrifying and legendary Monkey Island -- an adventure that would chill the bones of even the most bloodthirsty buccaneer. 

Relive the swashbuckling humorous misadventures of the wannabe pirate Guybrush Threepwood 

  • Go on a daring adventure in your attempt to become the most infamous pirate in the Caribbean
  • Win the heart of the beautiful governor, Elaine Marley
  • Along the way, confront the evil ghost pirate, LeChuck

 

Play it again for the first time 

  • All new re-imagined contemporary art style, hand-drawn to feature animation quality
  • Re-mastered music score presented in full orchestrated detail
  • Complete voice over using the original Monkey Island™ franchise cast brings the story and characters of the original adventures to life like never before
  • Scene-for-scene hot swap allows for seamless transition between special edition and classic modes anywhere and at any time

 

Includes all new features 

  • All new intuitive game interface and controls provide a more interactive gameplay experience
  • In-game puzzle hint system keeps the puzzles fresh and fun

LucasArts and the LucasArts logo are trademarks of Lucasfilm Ltd. in the United States and/or other countries. © 1990-2014 Lucasfilm Ltd. Monkey Island, The Secret of Monkey Island, and the Monkey Island characters are trademarks of Lucasfilm Ltd. in the United States and/or other countries. © 1990-2014 Lucasfilm Ltd.

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Special Edition manual Dial-A-Pirate
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Why buy on GOG.COM?
DRM FREE. No activation or online connection required to play.
Safety and satisfaction. Stellar support 24/7 and full refunds up to 30 days.
Time to beat
6.5 hMain
7 h Main + Sides
7.5 h Completionist
7 h All Styles
Game details
Works on:
Windows (10, 11)
Release date:
{{'2009-07-09T00:00:00+03:00' | date: 'longDate' : ' +0300 ' }}
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Size:
1.4 GB
Rating:
ESRB Rating: Everyone 10+ (Mild Cartoon Violence, Suggestive Themes, Alcohol and Tobacco Reference, Comic Mischief)

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Changelog (13 November 2024)
  • Validated stability
  • Verified compatibility with Windows 10 and 11
Internal Update (30 March 2018)
  • Updated internal installer structure, no changes to game files
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Posted on: January 14, 2025

TazMan1952

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Secret of Monkey Island

This is a good beginner level. Not too difficult but stll enough of a challange to be fun.


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Posted on: January 20, 2025

DonPineault

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Games: 28 Reviews: 2

Entertaining for a day or 2

let's go back to Monkey Island


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Posted on: October 29, 2014

KiNgBrAdLeY7

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Games: Reviews: 16

Monkey Island 1 Remake. Yarr!

"Look behind you, it's a three headed Monkey!". No one falls for that old trick now, do they? Their bad, because a real 3 headed Monkey appeared in this game, once! This is a tribute, a proper remake! It's how they should do things! Although the original Dos, 8-bit sound of nostalgia is no more, still, they have done a pretty decent job on this title, plus voice acting! And they practically offer TWO games for the price of ONE! The old, and the new, with only one button's press transition! Adventure Lovers! Point and click Lovers! Randomness and Prank Lovers! Hilarious Fun and Humor Lovers! Troll Lovers, AND Pirate Lovers! Ahoy there, grab this loot NOW, but make certain you do not pick it up from underneath a ladder, har har... This is a one time masterpiece of a game, and together with Broken Sword series, the BEST representatives the adventure genre ever offered to us (and Gabriel Knight, sorry, and Myst, doubly sorry). A cult classic, full of humor, swordplay, and epic randomness, the kind of which only a dude named "Guybrush Threepwood, can ever offer. Those of you who haven't played it, SHAME on you. Those of you who don't buy it, now that it is remade too with better graphics, DOUBLE shame on you. And those of you who don't decide to buy it here, from GoG, DRM-Free and all, TRIPLE SHAME on you, because you will deserve it fully (for how many years have we been nagging and asking politely for lucasarts to turn GoG into a proper Scumm Bar TM?). Grog, check, lights off, check, not to buy a ship at Stan's used shipyard...


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Posted on: October 29, 2016

darkseed2

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Games: 33 Reviews: 4

Video Driver issues

Very good remake of a excellent game, the only problem is it wont work with nvidia drivers 369.05 and above, not sure about radeon cards. Problem occurs with monkey island 2 also. You will have to roll back to previous drivers to make this work Please GOG bring out a patch for this problem thanks.


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Posted on: March 13, 2017

Hilarious

I've heard a lot about this game but didn't play it until recently. The adventure games I remember playing while growing up where games like Myst, Carmen Sandiego, and Sanitarium. I can't believe I missed this one. Don't like the remake? Hit F10 to switch seamlessly between the remake and classic version during the game. I just wish you could get the updated audio and voice acting with the classic graphics and interface, but I'm not going to take off a star for that. If I had to rate the remake alone, I'd give it 3 stars. I feel like they could have done a better job with the interface and animation.


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